Adam Dale continued his love affair with the Antiguan Recreation Ground with another six-wicket haul today. His performance will once again make it very difficult for our tour selectors to leave him out of the third Test starting on Friday. Considering he also took the wicket of Carl Hooper in both innings, Messers Waugh, Warne and Marsh, will be even more tempted to take advantage of this psychological advantage for Friday's vital clash.

Once again it was his unwavering accuracy that brought the West Indians unstuck on a day which saw the good guys turn around our fortunes from yesterday. Needing to take seven wickets for victory, the dismissal of Hooper in the second over of the day helped set the tone. When the elegant Hooper left the scene, the remainder of the West Indian batsmen offered little resistance.

Although it always looked as though we would secure a victory it was rewarding to ensure this outcome just before lunch on the final day. After a few worries from Carl Hooper yesterday it can only be beneficial to go into the third Test with a victory under our belts. The boys are starting to get primed for this huge event at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.

Last night I had the fortune of witnessing one of the most amazing events of my life. Walking back from a restaurant, along an Antiguan beach with Steve Waugh, we were stopped in our tracks by a cosmic show that left me spellbound. Now I am not one to really believe in UFOs, but after tonight the questions were certainly raised in my mind.

Streaking through the beautifully clear Caribbean sky was a trail of what looked like stars falling from the heavens. The difference was that this was not a shooting star but rather a sequence of shooting stars that travelled across the sky rather than towards the ocean. Both flabbergasted by the event, that lasted about 20 seconds, we walked towards a group of people on the beach who had also witnessed the event. None of us could believe what we had just seen although it was agreed that whatever it was, was one of the most beautiful things you could ever see.

From all accounts it may have been a comet, even a meteorite. Whatever it was I would love to find out. No one seems to have the answers, so if anyone out there knows what I could have seen, I would love to hear from you. It occurred at 10pm Eastern Caribbean time on March 22, 1999. Hopefully it was a good luck charm for the third Test.

They say you should make a wish when you see a shooting star. After tonight all my wishes will come true because I saw about 10 shooting stars in one.

Tonight we arrived in Barbados.

From there. Spellbound! JL